Intermediate

The “Konkret I” cushion was inspired by the vanguard design concepts by the famous German Bauhaus architects and artists in Weimar, Dessau and Berlin between 1919 and 1933...

The Hortus Conclusus quilt is a medallion style quilt with a traditional centre block motif called “The Castle Garden” surrounded by seven borders pieced from half-square triangles alternating with strip borders made up of fabric stripes of different widths..

The 9th block in the American Impressions block series was supposed to be a Southern Belle or a Sunbonnet Sue. Both patterns which would fit in nicely with the Virginia theme underlying the soon to be finished American Impressions Sampler....

Free-motion machine quilting is a skill which needs practice. A lot of practice. Different patterns or motifs require a variety of “techniques”, e. g. corners vs curves, continuous lines vs self-contained motifs, evenly spaced vs randomly placed lines etc...

Quilting a large quilt takes time, even when you are quilting by machine. No matter which quilting technique you are using, managing a large quilt sandwich strains the hands, shoulders and back. And for all of us who are working with a regular household sewing machine, getting the bulk of three quilt layers into the machine’s throat space and moving it around smoothly to achieve beautifully executed quilting lines is not for the faint-hearted...